Question

Use this excerpt from Frederick Douglass's 1893 speech about Haiti to people in Chicago to answer the following question:

"Until Haiti spoke, the slave ship, followed by hungry sharks, greedy to devour the dead and dying slaves flung overboard to feed them, ploughed in peace the South Atlantic, painting the sea with the Negro's blood."
Source: Public Domain, Frederick Douglass, Lecture on Haiti, 1893

Which of the following best summarizes Frederick Douglass's assessment of the Haitian Revolution as represented above?

It served as a cautionary tale that freedom did not guarantee prosperity.
It ended the slave trade in the Atlantic.
It was the first major disruption of the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
It was not worth the terrible death toll that it cost.

Answer 1

Answer: Option C: It was the first major disruption of the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Answer 2

Answer: Frederick Douglass's assessment of the Haitian Revolution as represented in the excerpt above is that it was the first major disruption of the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.